PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. FIRST PITCH: Three days after the last event, it's another mini-Matt Harvey Day on Monday. Harvey is expected to face teammates in a batting-practice-type setting late in the morning. It will be Harvey's final tune-up for Frid...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Michael Cuddyer indicated Sunday that a complete lack of hearing in his left ear will not hinder him while playing left field. Even though Cuddyer's major league outfield experience is almost exclusively limited to right fi...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. FIRST PITCH: After a rainy day kept the team mostly indoors Saturday, it's back to business at Mets camp ... hopefully. The forecast is for isolated thunderstorms in the area. Batting practice now gets into full gear, with th...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Terry Collins said his preference is for Juan Lagares to lead off this season, with Curtis Granderson merely the fallback option for that role. Lagares still will need to demonstrate better plate discipline during spring tr...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New hitting coach Kevin Long, who was hired by the Mets after getting dismissed by the Yankees, offered in-depth insights on several of his new pupils Saturday: * Long said Curtis Granderson can be a capable leadoff hi...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. FIRST PITCH: Terry Collins promises a light workload at the Mets' spring-training complex on Wednesday. Position players will undergo physicals but are being dissuaded from any baseball activities. Pitchers purposely will h...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Curtis Granderson expressed indifference Tuesday regarding where Terry Collins might place him in the lineup, during a formal interview session with reporters on the day position players officially reported to Mets camp. Co...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. FIRST PITCH: It will not be a sleepy Sunday morning at the Mets' spring-training complex. After all, it's Day 2 of official workouts. Players head outdoors at roughly 10 a.m. Sunday's news reports: * Matt Harv...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets do not have a prototypical leadoff hitter such as, say, Jose Reyes. So it will be an open spring-training audition between Juan Lagares and Curtis Granderson for that role, Terry Collins said. It seemed entering ca...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Position players don't officially report to New York Mets camp until Feb. 24, but it's never too early to get a glimpse at how things are shaping up. Here's a summary of what to look for during spring training from the Amazin'...

NEW YORK -- One way to conserve innings for Matt Harvey may be to hold him out during Harvey the season-opening road trip and let him make his return from Tommy John surgery on April 13, in the home opener against the Philadelphia Phillies, Ter...

SAN DIEGO -- Terry Collins offered his thoughts on the 2015 Mets at the winter meetings on Monday and suggested the team should be competitive, even absent further additions. "I think we've got the pieces," the manager said. "It's time to step up....

NEW YORK -- David Wright plans to visit Kevin Long in Phoenix in early January to work with the new hitting coach, Long indicated Wednesday. Long, who lives in Arizona, said he also has an upcoming appointment to work in person with Travis d'Arnau...